If not Excellence, What?
If not Excellence Now, When?
-Tom Peters
How many days in your life do you remember? Today, I rolled out of bed at around 9:30 after staying up until 2:00am. I meandered around the internet, did a little reading, did a little work. I went for a bike ride at about 12:30 then went to the office around 2. We did a little work there then I went to meet one of my reps at 5:00. She was an hour and a half late so I just hung out. Then I came home and watched Jeopardy, rode my bike a little more, then watched a little tv with a babe and read some more. And here I am.
Why did I just tell a tale of my whole day? Because it was incredibly boring. I did nothing Excellent and there is no way I will remember this day or probably 99% of the other days in one's lifetime. Why is that? Do we enjoy the mundane? Are we just naturally lazy? If you don't take a vow to do something Excellent every single day, that day will never matter to you the rest of your life. Do something Excellent now, always, any chance you get. We only get to live once so why waste it with normalcy.
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